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  • Murder at Benbury Brook: An Absolutely Gripping English Cozy Mystery

  • A Melissa Craig Mystery, Book 9
  • Written by: Betty Rowlands
  • Narrated by: Joan Walker
  • Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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Murder at Benbury Brook: An Absolutely Gripping English Cozy Mystery

Written by: Betty Rowlands
Narrated by: Joan Walker
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A babbling brook runs alongside a wooded glade, surrounded by autumn light and birdsong. But next to the stream a young woman lies dead, her once bright blonde hair now limp and lifeless...

Melissa Craig has settled into a new job in the charming Cotswolds village of Upper Benbury. She is teaching French to several of the local teenagers, which gives her a fascinating insight into the young people’s lives. Material for a new novel, perhaps.... Her quiet life is interrupted when she sees her new neighbour running out of the woods in a blind panic. Melissa rushes to help him, but what she finds leaves her breathless: The body of young woman is lying on the bank of the river.

When suspicion falls on Melissa’s neighbour, a man with a difficult past trying to make a new start, Melissa feels determined to prove his innocence. With the village in turmoil and the police sure they’ve got their man, she must act quickly. 

As she interviews the local residents, she realises there are several sinister characters lurking inside those charming Cotswold cottages.... Could one of them have hurt Cissie? Was it the strange old man with a cottage near the river? Or the ailing ex-choirmaster with quite an eye for the ladies?

When Melissa Craig decides to get her teeth into a case, she doesn’t let go - nothing will stop her from solving this murder. Can she prove the innocence of her new friend? And will she unearth the culprit before another young life is taken?

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    2 out of 5 stars

Not my favorite

Really struggling with this one. I have read the previous stories in this series, but this one just has a rather dark tone to it. I don't like the subject matter that's being threaded through the story anyway, and then without Iris,- well let's just say she played a more important role than I realized. I sure hope she shows up again in the later episodes. Anyway, not my favorite. Or maybe I'm just falling out of love with the series. UPDATE: Took me 6 months to finish, starting and stopping. I strongly recommend skipping this one. It's almost as if someone else wrote this book. Just has a different flavor and not a good one. You can do without the subject matter, and all the characters, including Mel, just seem really annoying. ìĺ Not enjoyable at all and the ending was a complete letdown. Really regret the time spent.

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